Wood foundation piling could be utilized for capacities of 2 to 3 current design loads if the high strength piles couldbe readily identified by a non-destructive test method. woodpiles would be appreciated by geo-technical and structural engineers as an economical and reliable deep foundation… More

Wood waferboard could be utilized for siding and other exterior exposure application if it were more dimensionally stable when exposed to cyclic humidity conditions or environments where the product absorbs moisture. aspen waferboard markets could be expanded if the thickness swelling and linear… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a new nanoscale characterization system which will be capable of identifying molecular species on the surfaces of materials or living structures, through their vibrational Infrared (IR) spectral signatures, with sub-100nm… More

Scanning Probe Microscopy, SPM, is a strategically vital tool for nanotechnology research, a 250 million dollars per year industry essential to such multibillion-dollar downstream industries as materials and pharmaceuticals. However, the single biggest drawback to SPM is its inability to obtain any… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project seeks to develop the prototype of a characterization system which can perform IR spectroscopy and imaging at sub-100nm spatial resolution and thus break the 5 micron resolution barrier that has limited IR spectroscopy for the last 50… More

SPMs are a strategically vital tool for nanotechnology research constituting a $250 Mill/yr industry while enabling several multi-Billion downstream industries like Materials and Pharmaceuticals. However, their single biggest drawback is their inability to obtain any chemical information on their… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will explore new science and technology to enable infrared (IR) spectroscopy and imaging with sub-20 nm spatial resolution. Conventional IR spectroscopy is a benchmark tool in research and industry, providing rich chemically specific… More

Anasys Instruments in collaboration with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and subcontractor Dr. Konstantin Vodopyanov propose to develop the world's first high speed nano infrared spectroscopy ("NanoIR") capability. By combining and extending the capabilities of infrared spectroscopy and… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to develop the technique of Nanothermal Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (Nanothermal DMA). Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) is an essential tool for characterizing bulk specialty polymers, but this type of measurement requires hours to… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will involve research and development of infrared nanospectroscopy, leading to the first commercial instrument capable of infrared spectroscopy and chemical imaging at the sub-20 nm scale on a broad range of samples. We will develop and… More

Anasys Instruments proposes to develop a high speed Wideband Infrared NanoSpectroscopy (WINS) platform that will dramatically extend the available capabilities for chemical characterization at the nanoscale. The proposed project will develop and demonstrate key technologies to overcome barriers that… More

The dramatic increase in development and usage of nanostructured materials has left a critical characterization gap in the ability to chemically identify and map materials with nanoscale spatial resolution. Anasys Instruments proposes to develop a high speed Wideband Infrared NanoSpectroscopy (WINS)… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Currently, about 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease. Thyroid disease occurs when the thyroid gland does not supply the appropriate amount of thyroid hormone needed. Thyroid and parathyroid diseases combine the fields of endocrinology and… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this project, the breakthrough new technique of nanoscale infrared (IR) spectroscopy, pioneered by Anasys Instruments, will be adapted and refined for Pharmaceutical and biological systems. The technique has numerousapplications such as Polymorph screening;… More

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop technologies to enable commercialization of nanoscale Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). Conventional DMA works by applying an oscillating stress to a sample and measuring the time-dependent strain. Analysis of DMA data… More

Infrared spectroscopy is the most widely used technique for chemical characterization with a worldwide market of over $1B annually. Conventional IR spectroscopy suffers, however, from fundamental spatial resolution limits at the scale of many microns to many tens of microns. This has prevented… More